Cerium-iron automatic lighter.



S. GOLDSTEIN.

GEBIUM IRON AUTOMATIC LIGHTER.

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1,066,405. Patented July 1, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Patented July 1, 1913.

Application med January 16, 1812. Serial No. 83,462.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIGMUND Gonosrnm, a subject of the King of Bavaria,German Empire, residin at Nuremberg, Bavaria,

' Germany, have mvented certain new and useful Improvements inCerium-Iron Automatic Lighters, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to a ceriumiron automatic lighter which isarranged in such a manner that it can be easily contained within a smallspace.

The cerium iron lighters heretofore known are either provided withscrewthreaded openings through which the benzene may-be filled forsaturating the wick, or the benzene is poured directly into the vesselopen atone end. Besides the fact that a lighter with a screw-threadedopening is unfitted for a special outward configuration, it is a verytedious and difiicult matter to pour the benzene into this small openingon account of the air still contained within the benzenetank; thebenzene will be frequently spilled and often also the tank will beoverchar ed, whereas it is only necessary for the wic to be fullysaturated. Sometimes the screwplug will open when the lighter is beingcarried in the pocket and the benzene will run out. When with the othertype the ben- "zene is poured directly into the tank, the

unavoidable consequence will be that when the packing is insuflicient,the benzene will leak out into the pocket or will rapidly evaporate.

According to the present invention the li hter has a socket containing areceiver with a wick-holder and a grooved spring arm, said receivercontaining cotton, wool or some other material capable of absorbingbenzene, and being open at one end. The absorbent material in the socketis then saturated with benzene by dipping its open 'end in the benzene.

The accompanying illustration exemplifies a constructional form of thelighter.

In this drawing, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, Fig. 2 is aside-elevation, with the cap removed, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section onthe line AB in Fi 1,.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawing.

A socket a having an oval section, which 1s open at one end and closedby a bottom 6 at the other end, carries on its outside a sleeve 0 madein a manner resembling a cigarette. Within this socket is arranged thereceiver d, which is filled with cotton, wool or the like absorbentmaterial. The receiver d is closed at one'end by a wall and is open atthe other end. To this receiver are fitted the small tube 7 forreceiving the wick and the gutter-shaped spring-arm it. On the open endof the socket a is detachably fitted an oval cap 2' corresponding withthe cigarette-like socket, and in this cap the holder is for thecerium-iron igniter Z is mounted. When assembled the case with thesleeve and the cap has the appearance of a cigarette. The cerium-ironholder It has a position between the wick g and the spring-armh at sucha height that the cerium-iron igniter, which is held at one end only inthe holder in, is op osite to the arm h. For producing the spar the ca2' is removed and the cerium-iron-igniter zis rubbed under pressurealong the sharp edge of the gutter-shaped spring-arm h projecting fromthe case'a. The spark which will be caused thereby will ignite the wickg satmated with benzene.

When the benzene is to be replenished, the cap a is removed and thereceiver d is with-. drawn by the tube 1 and the arm h from the socket aand then dippedinto benzene.

The benzene will penetrate through the open end of the receiver d andsaturate the wick q. The receiver is thereupon again introopposite endof the receiver, a grooved as my invention,-I havesigned my name inspring-arm also connected with the receiver, presence of twosubscribing,witnesses..

said wick-tube and spring-arm projecting beyond the open end of thesocket, and a M' G L E I detachable cap for said socket havinga fixedWitnesses:

ceriumI=iron igniter. 1 MAX SCHNEIDER:

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing l OSCAR BOOK.

